Soccer

NWSL College 2014 Draft Results

CHICAGO – The Washington Spirit selected University of North Carolina and U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Crystal Dunn with the first overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft on Friday at the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia.

The Houston Dash used the second overall pick on midfielder/forward Keali Ohai from the University of North Carolina. The Chicago Red Stars, who had back-to-back picks, chose midfielders Julie Johnston from Santa Clara University and Vanessa DiBernardo from University of Illinois with the third and fourth overall selections.

FC Kansas City went with defender Kassey Kallman from Florida State University by way of the fifth pick and Sky Blue FC took forward Maya Hayes from Penn State with the sixth overall selection. Seattle Reign FC, Boston Breakers and Western New York Flash selected defender Amanda Frisbie from University of Portland, forward Nkem Ezurike from University of Michigan and defender Courtney Verloo from Stanford University with the seventh, eighth and ninth selections, respectively.

In addition, the NWSL approved three trades on Friday with each one involving the Thorns FC.

Trades:

*Portland traded the 2nd pick of the 2nd round and a player to be named later to Houston for Meleana Shim; (Portland pick via SRFC/WAS)

*Portland traded 7th pick in the 4th round and their 2nd round pick in the 2015 college draft to Boston for Michelle Betos.

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is a nine-team Division-I women’s professional soccer league featuring national team players from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The nine clubs are the Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, FC Kansas City, Portland Thorns FC, Seattle Reign FC, Sky Blue FC, the Washington Spirit and the Western New York Flash.

Based in Chicago, the NWSL is supported by the Canadian Soccer Association, Federation of Mexican Football and the United States Soccer Federation. For more information about the NWSL, log on to the league’s official website at www.NWSLsoccer.com.